1987
22 episodes · Jan 5, 1987
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The Twenty-Five Hour Clock
Jan 5, 198760mReport on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
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The Search for the Disappeared
Jan 12, 198760mReport on how forensic scientists ae identifying individual victims amongst the people murdered by Argentina's military juntas, by examination and genetic testing of their remains.
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The Blind Watchmaker
Jan 19, 198760mIn this interview by Horizon, zoologist Richard Dawkins investigates an attack on evolution by scientific creationists, based on the book of the same name by the famous zoologist.
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Riding the Stack
Jan 26, 198760mAstronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
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Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
Feb 2, 198760mTwo part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
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Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
Feb 9, 198760mTwo part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
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Energy from Outer Space
Feb 16, 198760mReport on exploration into releasing energy sources which came from outer space during the formation of the earth, 4,500 million years ago, and have lain dormant under the earth's crust. In Sweden a five mile deep drill hole was made to unleash this energy.
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The Return of the Osprey
Feb 23, 198760mDocumentary on the Osprey in north east America, where its natural habitat was being damaged by the use of DDT, but after some conservation work the Osprey is returning to the area.
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Can AIDS Be Stopped?
Mar 2, 198760mReport on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
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Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
Mar 9, 198760mDocumentary on the increasing pressure put on the British police resulting in stress and psychological disorders, and also on the work of Dr. Douglas Duckworth, a psychologist at Leeds University who has worked with the police on these problems.
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To Engineer Is Human
Mar 16, 198760mEngineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
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The Magma Chamber
Mar 23, 198760mReport on the research into volcanoes by British scientists Professor Geoff Brow n and Dr. Hazel Rymer, who have developed a technique of exploring the magma chambers of volcanoes and predicting when they will erupt.
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Broken Images
Mar 30, 198760mReport on two sufferers of visual agnosia. The condition affects their ability to impose order on the visual world, even though they are not blind, but it does reveal a great deal about normal perception.
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Trial Babies
Apr 6, 198760mReport on the different tests done on pregnant women to detect abnormalities in the foetus, with investigation of why these tests are not available in all pregnancies.
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After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
Apr 13, 198760mReport on the safety of UK nuclear power stations, following the accident at Chernobyl in the USSR in 1986. The programme focuses on the nuclear installation at Hartlepool on Teeside, which has the smallest evacuation zone in the western world.
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Making Sex Pay
May 11, 198760mJames Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
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The Anthropic Principle
May 18, 198760mDiscussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
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Aircrash: The Burning Issue
Jun 1, 198760mReport on the need for improved safety features on airplanes in particular the desirability of smoke hoods, plus an interview with a survivor of the 1985 Manchester aircrash.
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To Catch a Falling Star
May 15, 198760mReport on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
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In the Light of New Information
Jun 22, 198760mReport on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the technology on our daily lives.
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Janice's Choice
Jun 29, 198760mJanice Blenkharn's mother died of Huntington's Chorea, which any child of a victim has a 50-50 chance of inheriting. Janice is faced with the choice of having a test, developed after research in South America, to see if she has this incurable genetic disease.